Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) on Netflix
Ten-year-old Opal Buloni moves to the small Florida town of Naomi with her father, a preacher. At the local Winn-Dixie she claims a scruffy stray and names him after the store.
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Trailer
Plot summary
India Opal Buloni is ten when she moves with her father, a preacher, to the small town of Naomi, Florida. At the Winn-Dixie supermarket she meets a scruffy dog tearing through the aisles; to keep the manager from sending him to the pound she claims the dog is hers and calls him Winn-Dixie. The dog takes to everyone he meets, and through him Opal gets to know townspeople, among them a librarian, a shy pet shop manager and a woman whose backyard holds a tree hung with bottles. The landlord of their trailer park wants the dog gone, so Opal's father asks for three months to find him a new home. Opal's mother left the family when Opal was three, and from her father she learns ten things about her mother.
Cast
- B.J. Hopperas Mr. Alfred
- Marca Priceas Mrs. Dewberry
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- To make sure both dogs got on well with AnnaSophia Robb, who played Opal, she was brought in early to get acquainted with them and give them treats, and by the time shooting started they considered her a safe area.
- The film's mouse was played by a rat, and the choice was made carefully: mice would have been preferable, but rats are much easier to train.
- Director Wayne Wang chose Picardy Shepherds to play Winn-Dixie because he thought the breed looked similar to the depiction of Winn-Dixie from the book cover.
